More companies have unveiled a special dividend or accelerated dividend payout, as they have sought to avoid potentially higher taxes next year amid heated “fiscal cliff” deliberations inWashington.
In January, $500 billion in automatic tax increases and spending cuts–dubbed the “fiscal cliff”–will begin if Congress and the White House don’t intervene. Dozens of companies already have moved their quarterly dividend payouts to December instead of early 2013 to avoid possible higher taxes, while others have approved one-time special dividend payments for December.
Innovative Solutions & Support, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISSC) announced that its Board of Directors has declared a special cash dividend in the amount of $1.50 per share. The dividend will be payable on or about December 27, 2012 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on December 17, 2012. The dividend yield is 35.8%.
SEACOR Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CKH) announced that its Board of Directors declared a Special Dividend of $5.00 per common share. The Special Dividend is payable to shareholders of record on December 17, 2012, and is expected to be paid on or about December 26, 2012. The Company expects that its common stock will trade ex-dividend beginning on December 12, 2012. The dividend yield is 5.6%.
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: IBKR) , an automated global electronic broker and market maker, announced that its Board of Directors has declared a special cash dividend of $1.00 per share on the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock. The dividend is payable on December 28, 2012 to shareholders of record as of December 21, 2012. The dividend yield is 6.6%.
Kforce Inc. (NASDAQ: KFRC) , a provider of professional staffing services and solutions, announced that the Board of Directors has declared a special cash dividend on Kforce common stock of $1.00 per share, payable December 27, 2012, to shareholders of record as of the close of business onDecember 17, 2012. The dividend yield is 7.7%.
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. (NYSE: HY) today announced that the Board of Directors declared a one-time special cash dividend of $2.00per share, and authorized a stock repurchase program for up to a total of $50 million of shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock. The dividends are payable on both the Class A and Class B Common Stock, and will be paidDecember 27, 2012 to stockholders of record at the close of business on December 17, 2012. The dividend yield is 4.5%.
Shoe Carnival, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCVL) a leading retailer of value-priced footwear and accessories, announced today that its Board of Directors has approved the payment of a quarterly cash dividend and a special cash dividend. The quarterly cash dividend of $0.05 per share and the special cash dividend of $1.00 per share will be paid on December 28, 2012, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on December 17, 2012. The dividend yield is 4.85%.
Abaxis, Inc. (NASDAQ: ABAX) , a medical products company manufacturing point-of-care blood analysis systems, today announced that its Board of Directors declared a special cash dividend of $1.00 per share on its outstanding common stock. The dividend will be payable on December 28, 2012 to all shareholders of record at the close of business on December 17, 2012. The dividend yield is 2.7%.
Einstein Noah Restaurant Group Inc. (NASDAQ: BAGL) said it has completed its strategic review process by recapitalizing the company and issued a special dividend of $4 a share. The special dividend is payable on Dec. 27 to shareholders of record as of Dec. 17 and will cost the company about $68 million. The dividend yield is 25.33%.
Geo Group Inc.’s (NYSE: GEO) board has authorized a special per-share dividend of $5.68 will cost GEO about $350 million and will be paid onDec. 31 to shareholders of record on Dec. 12. Shareholders can choose to receive the payment in cash–the amount of which is subject to a lottery–or common stock. The dividend yield is 19.3%.
P.A.M. Transportation Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTSI) today announced its Board of Directors has approved a special one-time dividend of$1.00 per share. The dividend is payable on December 28, 2012 to stockholders of record at the close of business on December 17, 2012. The dividend yield is 10.98%.
HCA Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HCA) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a special cash dividend of $2.00 per share to be paid to shareholders of record as of December 17, 2012 with a payment date of December 21, 2012. The dividend yield is 6.02%.
McGraw-Hill Cos.’s (NYSE: MHP) board approved a special dividend of $2.50 a share, to be paid Dec. 27. The special dividend, which will cost the company about $ 694 million, supersedes its previously disclosed plans to repurchase up to $200 million of stock during the remainder of the year. The dividend yield is 4.61%.
Tree.com, Inc., (NASDAQ: TREE) the parent company of wholly owned subsidiary LendingTree, LLC, today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a special cash dividend of $1.00 per share. The $1.00 special cash dividend is payable on December 26, 2012 to shareholders of record on December 17, 2012. The dividend yield is 6.1%.
The Marcus Corporation (NYSE: MCS) announced that its Board of Directors has declared a special cash dividend of $1.00 per common share and has accelerated the next two regular quarterly cash dividend payments totaling $0.17 per common share. The dividends are payable on December 28, 2012 to shareholders of record on December 17, 2012. The dividend yield is 9.9%.
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TROW) announced that its Board of Directors has declared a special cash dividend of $1.00 per share payable December 28, 2012 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on December 17, 2012. The dividend yield is 1.54%.
Heico Corp. (NYSE: HEI), an aircraft parts and repair company, boosted its previously unveiled special dividend by $1, to $2.14 a share–now costing the company about $114 million. The payment has been scheduled around Dec. 31. The dividend yield is 5.2%.
Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: CFFN) announced that its Board of Directors has declared a True Blue® dividend of $0.52 per share on outstanding CFFN common stock. The cash dividend will be paid on December 28, 2012 to holders of record on December 21, 2012. With this dividend, the Company will have paid cash dividends of $1.00 per share in calendar year 2012. The special dividend yield is 4.4%.
Harte-Hanks, Inc. (NYSE: HHS) today reported that its board of directors has declared a cash dividend of 8.5 cents per share payable on December 28, 2012, to the holders of record of shares of common stock of the company at the close of business on December 17, 2012. This dividend is a one-time acceleration of the regular quarterly dividend the company would have ordinarily declared and paid in the first quarter of 2013; the company does not anticipate paying a dividend in the first quarter of 2013. The special dividend yield is 6.2%.
Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: DHIL) announced that its board of directors has approved an $8.00 per share special cash dividend to shareholders of record on December 17, 2012 payable December 21, 2012. The company will finalize tax characterization of the dividend in February 2013 and expects a portion will be return of capital. The special dividend yield is 10.3%.
Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc.’s (NYSE: DKS) board approved a special dividend of $2 a share for the company’s common stock and Class B shares, in addition to its previously announced regular quarterly dividend. Both payouts to shareholders are set for Dec. 28. The retailer’s special dividend is expected to cost a combined $245.3 million. The special dividend yield is 3.9%.
The ProAssurance Corporation (NYSE: PRA) Board of Directors has authorized a 2-for-1 stock split. Following the split, shareholders will also receive a special dividend of $2.50 per common share and a regular dividend of $0.25 per common share. The special and regular dividend yield is 2.96%.
ePlus inc. (NASDAQ: PLUS) , a leading provider of technology solutions, announced that on December 4, 2012, its Board of Directors declared a special cash dividend on ePlus common stock of $2.50 per share. The special dividend will be paid on or around December 26, 2012, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on December 17, 2012. The special dividend yield is 6.3%.
RCM Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: RCMT) announced that its Board of Directors declared a one-time special cash dividend (the “Dividend”) of $1.00 per share, payable on December 27, 2012 to stockholders of record at the close of business on December 20, 2012. The special dividend yield is 17.5%.